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som_infotech
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whether VSAM files first 4 bytes specify the length of that record
VSAM file is VARIABLE LENGTH. |
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guptae
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Frank Yaeger
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whether VSAM files first 4 bytes specify the length of that record
VSAM file is VARIABLE LENGTH. |
No, they don't. VSAM files have their own organization different from QSAM files. QSAM VB records have the length stored in binary in the first two bytes of the record (within the four byte RDW). VSAM variable records have the length stored in an RDF, not at the start of the record. |
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